Raising and training German Shepherds as guides to blind people in the UK.

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We feed a raw diet as much as possible, bearing in mind that our clients have to be able to manage the requirements also. Dogs are fed fresh tripe, mince, chicken wings, turkey necks, ox cheek and offal as long as it’s not pork. We also compliment with an all natural, high quality dry biscuit which is made from quality raw ingredients. We also feed raw meaty bones regularly to promote healthy teeth and gums.

We DO NOT use or recommend any dog food that contains Ethoxyquin, BHT, BHA or EC (or EEC) Permitted Preservatives, therefore taking care in what training treats and other treats we use.

Currently we have to purchase our pups until our own breeding scheme is established. Health is a vital component for our dogs, not only to the dogs’ longevity of work as guides, but also to promote responsibility and support the German Shepherd Dogs health screening schemes.

We look for puppies’ parents to have very good hip and elbow scores and be haemophilia tested – Haemophilia ‘A’ is a bleeding disorder and its is normally only MALES that are afflicted. We ensure there is no epilepsy in bloodlines or pancreatic issues, and now look to breeders who are using the recently introduced Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) test. This is a progressive spinal cord disease causing weakness in the hind limbs.

All our pups receive a natural, homoeopathic vaccine regime, not veterinary injection. We then ‘titre’ test at the age of 18 months and then at 18 month intervals from then on. This is where bloods are taken to determine level of immunity to a certain disease/virus. If the antibody level protection is low, we can then ‘booster’ homoeopathically if required. Lots of credible studies have shown that immunity lasts for years, and there is increasing evidence of vaccine damage ‘Vaccinosis’, which is the term used to describe chronic conditions resulting in damage due to over vaccinating dogs.

As much as possible we try to use ‘nature’s medicine’ to treat our dogs, to prevent them being pumped full of unnecessary chemicals, which sadly is becoming a matter of routine with some vets. However, it goes without saying, if our dogs need veterinary treatment – they get it.